Constellations: A Guide to the Night Sky

Becrux

The Jewel Box Cluster, also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster, is an open star cluster located in the southern constellation Crux. The cluster has an apparent magnitude of 4.2 and lies at an approximate distance of 6,440 light years from Earth. It has the designation NGC 4755 in the New General Catalogue. The Jewel … [Read more…]

The Southern Cross is one of the best known asterisms in the night sky, and the most familiar star pattern in the southern hemisphere. Composed of five stars forming the shape of a cross, it is the most distinctive feature of the constellation Crux, the smallest constellation in the sky. The Southern Cross is notable … [Read more…]